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Mar 31

Che Guevara Speaks Out

Mar. 31, 1964 - Ernesto (Che) Guevara, Minister of Industry in Cuba, welcomed today a declaration last week by U.S. Senator J.W....

Mar 2

New Soviet Atheism Push

Mar. 2, 1964 - The Communist party announced today a renewed campaign designed to eradicate religion from Soviet life. The outline of the...

Nov 25, 2023

Guevara Sees “Dark and Shadowy Forces” Behind Killing of Oswald

Nov. 25, 1963 - Ernesto “Che” Guevara says that with the new Administration in Washington, Cuba would have to be “alert as always and...

Nov 16, 2023

Soviet Authorities Release Yale Professor Accused of Espionage

Nov. 16, 1963 - Soviet authorities announced today the release and expulsion of Frederick C. Barghoorn, a Yale University professor, and...

Sep 29, 2023

Rockefeller Visits East Berlin

Sept. 29, 1963 - Governor Nelson Rockefeller (R-N.Y.) had to tell the East German Communists today how much money he had in his wallet. A...

Sep 5, 2023

Pete Seeger Won’t Sign Loyalty Oath

Sept. 5, 1963 - Pete Seeger (pictured with Bob Dylan in Mississippi in July), the folk singer, said today he had refused to sign a...

Aug 17, 2023

West Berliners Honor Memory of Peter Fechter

Aug. 17, 1963 - Thousands of West Berliners filed silently past a wooden cross on the western side of the Communist wall today. In small...

Aug 2, 2023

American Who Refused Repatriation in ‘53 Disillusioned with Communism

Aug. 2, 1963 - An American who refused repatriation after his release as a prisoner of war in Korea 10 years ago said today he was...

Jul 26, 2023

MLK: Civil Rights Movement Employs No Communists

July 26, 1963 - Dr. Martin Luther King said today a 39-year-old Negro linked by Congressional committees to the Communist movement had...

Jul 24, 2023

Nixon Makes Surprise Visit to East Berlin

July 24, 1963 - Richard M. Nixon made a surprise two-hour trip into East Berlin tonight. It was the second trip of the day into the...

Jul 16, 2023

Castro Takes Soviet Line on Peaceful Coexistence

July 16, 1963 - Premier Fidel Castro declared himself a supporter of peaceful coexistence at a French Embassy reception last night. This...

Jun 28, 2023

Khrushchev Draw Middling Crowds in East Berlin

June 28, 1963 - Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev rode through East Berlin today in a “friendship visit” that drew a considerably milder...

Jun 4, 2023

Hoover: Communist Party “This Nation’s Most Formidable Enemy”

June 4, 1963 - FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover (pictured last month) has warned that the Communist Party, “this nation’s most formidable...

Apr 29, 2023

Castro Receives Ovation at Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre

Apr. 29, 1963 - Fidel Castro, sporing his khaki forage cap, combat jacket, and crumpled fatigues, received a two-minute ovation from the...

Apr 29, 2023

East Germans Concerned Over Rise in Escapes

Apr. 29, 1963 - East German officials expressed concern today over the increasing number of attempts to escape to the West after four...

Apr 28, 2023

Castro Pledges Allegiance to Soviet Union

Apr. 28, 1963 - Premier Fidel Castro declared today that his regime owed its life to the Soviet Union. Standing beside Premier Khrushchev...

Mar 11, 2023

McNamara Talks Cuban Invasion

Mar. 11, 1963 - Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, declaring the U.S. has not written off Cuba, indicated today this country might...

Dec 25, 2022

Cuban Invasion Leader: “We Shall Return”

Dec. 25, 1962 - Manuel Artime (pictured in May 1961), one of the leaders of the abortive 1961 Cuban invasion, today called on all the...

Dec 24, 2022

Final Bay of Pigs Prisoners Reach Florida

Dec. 24, 1962 - The last of the 1,113 Bay of Pigs invasion prisoners came back tonight in time to spend Christmas with their relatives....

Dec 17, 2022

U.S. Communist Party Found Guilty on Federal Charge

Dec. 17, 1962 - The Communist Party of the United States was found guilty today of refusing to register as an agent of the Soviet Union...